CBCS - Mangalore Univ faculty need time to implement

CBCS - Mangalore Univ faculty need time to implement

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, April 19, 2015   :  AMUCT - Association of Mangalore University College Teachers,  welcomed the Uniform Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) devised by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and University Grants Commission (UGC) for all universities to ensure easy exchange of students from one education institution to another, however, more time for the implementation is a must and a request is made. 

  AMUCT President Dr Norbert Lobo told a gathering after a meet on April 18 that there are only four weeks to go for academics and it is well neigh impossibe  to implement the new system. Also it needs time as it can be implemented only after detailed discussion with students, teachers and parents.  Final decision can be taken after UG teachers are taken into confidence too.  There are 400 odd government colleges in State and 90 per cent of teachers are guest lecturers. There is an opportunity to give suggestions till April 25, he said.


Amuct former president Dr A M Narahari opined that the system is clear about core, elective or minor or soft skill courses. However, the freedom of choosing subject and syllabus structure should be given to the respective universities. There are 140 credits and each need at least 15 hours. Formation of time table for 2,100 working hours is quite difficult. When colleges offer Regular and Honours courses, students and parents naturally go for honours as it will be better valued.  A four year course of honours at the Delhi University ha not gone down well as of now. 

Resource person Prof B V Raghunandan said that in CBCS all subjects will have uniform marks and each should have uniform number of topics. The chapters would be independent and there will be repetition of topics. Students need to be present only for a predetermined number of topics. It offers basic degree and honours degree (more interdisciplinary subjects than basic).   In the name of uniformity, important subjects become ’unimportant’. Without reducung the options on core subjects, preparation of timetable is impossible.

 Lourdusamy, Lecturer and Nodal Officer of St Aloysius College who had represented the college in the regional conference of UGC held at Central University on April 7, said that the Vice Chairman of UGC had made it clear that UGC may not hesitate to introduce regulations for quality education. The funds would be released based on performance and quality of the institutions. There is much that has to be resolved as of now.